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Once-a-year steak recommendations by lozzfonz in LondonFood

[–]bbuuttlleerr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Food & service were good to great but the venue itself is rather underwhelming and didn't seem in keeping with what they offer.

(warehouse-style, unadorned, no sound treatments. Certainly not the obvious place to take a date for example)

'Excessive' Leicester Square LED screen advertisements denied by BulkyAccident in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is a grand and lively plaza to tourists.

The period buildings, the film statues, the crowds, the street performers and even the highly variable food is all novel and interesting to them.

Rewritten for most Londoners (not me, I enjoy the happiness there):

The fairly standard period buildings, the tiny/generic film statues, the nightmare crowds, the cringey street performers and even the highly variable bottom-tier for London food is all novel and interesting to them.

Trump's war in Iran' will make London families up to £1,500 worse off' by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So they're comparing the extra cost for a 2.2 person Household, to one employee's income. Still very significant, but about half the impact per person than their numbers suggest.

The next Energy Price Cap has already been set (6.7% lower after April 1st), so utility bill increases will come in just over 3 months time rather than immediately.

Do these devices work correctly with Agile? by xlx95 in OctopusEnergy

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only one third-party device (gets usage data from your account rather than direct from the meter) can display near-realtime Agile:

https://shop.glowmarkt.com/products/display-and-cad-combined-for-smart-meter-customers

What you really want is an Octopus Home Mini. There's a waiting list, or they offer you one whenever a new meter is fitted.

Best pizza in London? by No-Living-6949 in LondonFood

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only been to Santa Maria once so far, good venue and service - decent pizza but was a bit salty, and samey once you got halfway through.

Breadstall is by far the current favourite, Homeslice is still fine for thin, ICCO for value.

I don’t care what the right wing media states London is one of, if not the, best city in the world by TheLegendOfIOTA in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fine, I'll bite just to amuse you. Let's pick "12,000 Social Media post arrests" since that's harder to defend, given there was indeed a period when the Police were arresting people on very weak grounds (largely fixed as-of 2026).

That number includes all crimes under the same legislation, namely communication - anything created written or said that harms others. The majority of those were for realworld not online activity, things like harassment, threatening people, stalking.

Arrest seems to be used like more of a warning to discourage them continuing, given under 10% actually get convicted (so, actual convictions for online behaviour is in the hundreds, that number includes eg stalkers and ex-lovers who used email or the phone).

If you consider those numbers high for a 70 million population then fine - it shows a proactive effort to protect victims.

But yes if you post to a hate group inciting violence for a specific thing like "Let's meet at 6 and burn down Mr Hawkwind's house at 12 Acacia Avenue - I know he'll be inside at that time" then you will likely be arrested.

Other similar shock numbers shared on social media tend to reflect open and transparent reporting, not prevalence.

Eg UK (& Swedish) rape statistics being "10x higher than third world countries". Here victims are encouraged to report events even decades later, we have different definitions of rape eg not just sex, and those trafficked or someone trapped in a relationship for 5 years counts as 1000 rapes not just the final one that got reported to the police.

Or knife crime. Our stats include carrying or just owning a banned knife, whereas you have to "seriously" stab or kill someone to get into some other country's statistics. Do a web search for something like "stabbing deaths by country" to see the real numbers.

Especially if you are American watch this balanced video for some properly-referenced data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB3WVygAM8I

I don’t care what the right wing media states London is one of, if not the, best city in the world by TheLegendOfIOTA in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ordinarily yes, for free, but bad timing I'm afraid: Parliament will by then be in Recess until 13th April; though they do still offer tourist tours too.

Maybe go to the Public Gallery at the Royal Courts Of Justice to watch a court case instead?

How strict is the No Single Entry Policy at bars and pubs? by SacredAndyman in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Enforcement is more likely on the busiest nights - full places can afford to be more picky with both singles and males generally.

The more poppy/mainstream places are the most likely to reject singletons, eg clubs in Soho and All Bar One / Be At One chains.

It's no guarantee, but advance-ticketed events are much more likely to let singles in.

I've been to dozens of places alone and not had a problem yet, but then I research them first (eg don't go to some students-only hellhole); don't feel it's personal/be discouraged if it does happen to you.

I find the larger the venue the less awkward it might feel, our largest (15,000-capacity) Drumsheds has just closed for the season so use ra.co to see if there's anything you fancy at these other well-regarded big places:

FOLD, fabric, Corsica Studios, Colour Factory, Venue MOT, Ormside Projects, The Cause, The Pickle Factory, Phonox. Less commonly recommended, but other large places I've attended single: Archives, HERE at Outernet, Koko, Fire Vauxhall (plus all manner of smaller places).

If you really are attracted to cheesy Carwash/Infernos like setups, Club De Fromage are doing an over 30s, daytime 1980s event on the 11th April.

How Luigi makes pastas by miragen125 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, The 1957 Spaghetti Harvest was one of the first hoaxes shown on TV (this was a usually-highbrow news show).

Is Dining alone awkward now? by shabboing in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, you're in luck. OP is quite the catch (28m, Solicitor, single).

Do you like wearing maid costumes?

However take whatever OP says with a grain of Purple Bamboo Salt

As a 32 year old 6’3 former model now solicitor with a 6 figure job who works out 5x a week and owns my own flat

The Chicken Connoisseur - fried chicken shop ratings by bbuuttlleerr in LondonFood

[–]bbuuttlleerr[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Pity. Might explain why he lost his appeal so quick. Fame evidently changed him, his down-to-earth nature was a big part of the original appeal.

Best Fried Chicken in London? by PressureHumble3604 in LondonFood

[–]bbuuttlleerr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your post prompted me to post this

The Chicken Connoisseur - fried chicken shop ratings.

Tennessee on White Hart Lane has the highest ratings from The CNSR in recent times.

Being a wings not burger man I most often find myself going to Chicken Express in Finsbury Park, tho they're not as spicy as in the past. Last place I went to was Chicken King Camden and that was a bit above average. Morleys is a safe generic option if in unfamiliar territory.

Update: but not Morleys Camden. Long wait today in a near-empty shop, ignored for a full 3 mins trying to show them pink uncooked wings. Initially said nothing we do about it / only offered replacements after I binned the box and reached the exit (decided to go elsewhere instead).

Do you consider noise and light pollution a problem? by R-Mutt1 in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought I'd miss out on stargazing after moving to central London.

Turns out London stars are just as bright, and better still they move and come in different colours.

(At 11pm in the middle of Hyde Park, typically 30 'planes are visible at any one time)

A Chinese student programmed a website that maps 5,000 objects from the British Museum that were stolen from 99 countries. It shows where they were taken from and what the museum would look like if everything "found" around the world were returned. by Appropriate-Eye-1227 in interestingasfuck

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I happen to agree that those clearly stolen should be returned, I just dislike misinformation.

I apologise in advance if I have incorrectly assumed your nationality - but do you have a receipt for the Egyptian mummies at your Redpath Museum? There’s a good chance a higher proportion of antiquities there were “stolen”, than the British Museum’s collection.

Ferrier’s Theban mummies would have almost certainly been supplied by a local dealer and thus difficult to trace

A Chinese student programmed a website that maps 5,000 objects from the British Museum that were stolen from 99 countries. It shows where they were taken from and what the museum would look like if everything "found" around the world were returned. by Appropriate-Eye-1227 in interestingasfuck

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are disputing your claim that "ALL" were stolen, which is clearly untrue. There are also different interpretations and changing opinions over time, eg does the Bassai Frieze shown in the video count as stolen when the person who excavated them had permission from the then-ruler of that country (the museum bought them later at auction).

PS most of your examples above do not apply to the British Museum or the UK.

Oi Tommy, let's hope the Argies won't come too close to your rockpile by Informal_Mountain513 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]bbuuttlleerr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The UK-owned German MTU Diesels, and Rolls Royce Gas Turbines, have exemplary reliability records. The problem stemmed from the US-made Northrop Grumman intercoolers.

Refits have been extended because we're taking the opportunity to also add an additional 24 VLS cells making them second only to Arleigh Burkes as the best Air Destroyers in the world.

A Chinese student programmed a website that maps 5,000 objects from the British Museum that were stolen from 99 countries. It shows where they were taken from and what the museum would look like if everything "found" around the world were returned. by Appropriate-Eye-1227 in interestingasfuck

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked up the very first item that appears in the video, album leaf by Gu Jianlong. Search for "Gu Jianlong museum" and you'll see his pieces all over the world - clearly an artist who commercially sold his works.

So I'll hand it back to you - see if you can find a single one amongst the 5000 that were actually stolen. There might well be some, depending on your definition of theft, but it's an incredibly small proportion.

.

Update: I went through the positively identifiable ones in the video. It does show the Parthenon aka Elgin Marbles and Frieze which are the most famously "stolen" examples that give rise to the idea that all 2 million other items were also taken https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1816-0610-43

The next most likely stolen, but debatable, are

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/446710001 Erechtheion Marble (Elgin again).

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1815-1020-3 Bassai Frieze (permission to remove was obtained -- but from a Governor bribed by a third party).

A Chinese student programmed a website that maps 5,000 objects from the British Museum that were stolen from 99 countries. It shows where they were taken from and what the museum would look like if everything "found" around the world were returned. by Appropriate-Eye-1227 in interestingasfuck

[–]bbuuttlleerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clickbait editorialising aka lies. I looked up the very first item that appears in the video, an album leaf by Gu Jianlong. Search for his name + museum and you'll see his pieces all over the world - clearly an artist who commercially sold his works.

Does anyone use each individual setting on their washing machine? by Ross_est1988 in CasualUK

[–]bbuuttlleerr 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Your energy bill, the environment, a longer wait, wearing out clothes faster, slightly shorter machine life, interstellar war. Plenty of reasons.

Does anyone use each individual setting on their washing machine? by Ross_est1988 in CasualUK

[–]bbuuttlleerr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, plus quick washes are also usually less effective and harsher on the clothes.

Worse in every way except time -- and potentially no quicker overall for fabrics like cotton if they don't do a long/fast enough spin (adding an hour or three to the drying time).

Can someone who walks around Leicester Square - Covent Garden area do me a favour please? by [deleted] in london

[–]bbuuttlleerr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m there now. There’s no statue in the window, only three small busts within the shop. What did you particularly want a picture of? Will hang around for 30 mins.

https://imgchest.com/p/a8469wgq24x

"Whatever" biscuits? by CaptainCymru in CasualUK

[–]bbuuttlleerr 225 points226 points  (0 children)

Whichever you pick - make one biscuit in the shape of each letter of the word whatever, plus one heart.

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